Decision Science
Undergraduate
Undergraduate
MATH 3017
Undergraduate
No
100303
4.5
No
The 2025 timetable is
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School of Information Technology and Mathematical Sciences
Course Alert: This course is no longer available for enrolment
To equip students with the appropriate knowledge and practical skills needed to analyse systems involving risk and uncertainty
Fundamental concepts of decision analysis, utility, risk analysis, Bayesian statistics, game theory, Markov decision processes and optimisation. The value of sampling information and optimal sample sizes, given sampling costs, and the economics of terminal decision problems.
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A basic understanding of elementary probability and matrices.
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Component | Duration | ||
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INTERNAL, CITY WEST | |||
Lecture | 2 hours x 13 weeks | ||
Tutorial | 1 hour x 12 weeks | ||
Directed Study (Meetings and activities as agreed with Course Coordinator) | N/A x 13 weeks |
Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.
Assignment 1, Assignment 2, Examination
EFTSL*: 0.125
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